You know the ones - they can't sit on the couch without hanging upside down off the bottom, they have been known to scale the top of your couch and may have been responsible for the roof tile that got broken during the last school holidays when you told them to go outside and play.

They took it too fast and scaled the roof of the house while singing R Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly ... or maybe that was just a bad dream. It's hard to tell sometimes. Because ... school holidays.

Anyway, if something above just rang true, here are some really cool activities that might just tire out your kids, or at least entertain them for a while until you can get your hair coloured again.

A museum sleepover

The Australian Museum is playing host these school holidays to kids (and their parents) for a fun-filled evening of LEGO City Arctic Adventures. Regular DinoSnores evenings are usually $150, so this is an opportunity not to be missed!

If you're lucky enough to secure a place on one of the two evenings, you and your kids will enjoy a range of activities from dinner and a movie night to a special torchlight tour of the museum and a sleepover you'll never forget.

Of course, there will be breakfast the following morning.

Cost: FREE.

When: Friday 28 September & Friday 5 October (6pm - 8am)

Where: The Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW.

For more information, click here (keep checking back as tickets are released gradually!)

Flying trapeze

If you live in Western Sydney, then Sydney Olympic Park has a heap of activities to offer. But for the kids that have that extra energy to burn off, the Flying Trapeze sounds like SO much fun!

At $66 per person, it's one of those special things that you reserve for when they're (and you're) SUPER eager to get out of the house, but it will prove perfect for kids who like to fly high and scale your couch ALL. THE. TIME.

If heights aren't your thing, there are so many other things to do, like gymnastics, a footy clinic, origami ... there are too many to list. Check the website below.

Escape the gaol

You know when you threaten the kids to just sit still for five minutes otherwise you'll send them to gaol? No? Oh OK then, maybe that's just me. Anyway, you can ship them off to gaol for a few hours (warning, you may be required to accompany them).

The Old Melbourne Gaol’s hugely popular 'Escape the Gaol' interactive experience exclusively for kids is returning for a limited time.

Aimed at children aged six and up, Escape the Gaol participants get to become inmates and must explore the gaol to discover all the necessary clues to create the perfect escape plan – all without being discovered by the prison guards.

A train ride in the dark

If you're after a little something to keep them up late so perhaps you can get a bit of a sleep-in the next morning, why not take them out for a late night train ride?

Puffing Billy has some great stuff to offer, but our hot pick is Australia’s only Climax locomotive, and one of only four still operating in the world. It will take to the tracks at Puffing Billy Railway in October for a special twilight experience through the Dandenong Ranges.

Playworld

This one doesn't need a fancy title - Playworld pretty much says it all.

It's the ultimate event for kids between four and 12 years and it's coming to the ICC in Sydney for the school holidays, featuring kids’ dream brands, like Nintendo, Star Wars, Beyblades, but also heaps and heaps of things to do, not to mention kids' celebrities including Elly Awesome, YouTube stars Millie & Chloe, the Sydney Dance Company and more.

Haunted history

You can experience a special tour of Cockatoo Island’s hidden histories and mysteries on a 90-minute exploration. Haunted Histories is the perfect way to discover the history of Cockatoo Island from its early colonial beginnings as a prison, to a reformatory for orphans and wayward children, to a working shipyard. Don’t be afraid, this one is perfect for the whole family!

Get slimed

What kids DON'T love slime? If you're like me and can't deal with the clean-up, leave it all to the people at Sea Life Sydney (just don't tell them I said that).

These September school holidays, up the slime factor as part of the all-new 'Slimed' interactive experience.

In an attraction-first, guests will go on a slime-tastic underwater journey as they learn weird and wonderful facts about the slimy creatures of the sea including anemones, sea cucumbers, moray eels and ‘the most disgusting creature on earth’, the hagfish.

Cost: Included in price of admission: Adults from $35, Children from $24.60.

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